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FeaturesTragedy at Tesco
In September 2006 a three-year-old girl was killed when the roof of a Tesco store in Turkey caved in. The retail group blamed the collapse on 鈥榚xtreme weather conditions鈥�, but 18 months on, 黑洞社区 has obtained a report filed by senior figures at Tesco soon after that cites poor construction ...
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NewsRevealed: the Tesco collapse that killed a three year old
黑洞社区 obtains a report that cites 鈥榩oor construction鈥� in fatal 2006 accident in Turkey
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CommentCDM regs: A question of principal
State your case 鈥� Defra seems to be instigating the use of the title of principal contractor in both SWMP regulations and CDM 2007. Is this joined-up thinking or just plain confusing, asks Gillian Birkby
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FeaturesManslaughter: Bosses beware
From 6 April, if a worker is killed in the workplace, it鈥檚 no longer the men in suits from the HSE that will come knocking on your headquarters鈥� door. Instead, warns Michael Glackin, it鈥檚 more likely to be the police, who will be asking you some serious and searching questions
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NewsA lesson in spelling
Such safety notices must do little to inspire confidence in the coNstruction industry
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NewsHundreds trapped in London Eye
Engineers halted London Eye for over an hour on Monday evening leaving passengers stranded mid-air
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NewsSlip slidin' away
This glazer's totally unsecured and alarmingly angled platform could become a highly dangerous roof-toboggan at any moment
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Two workers killed by crane collapse in Miami
Seven-tonne section of crane falls 30 storeys onto a house, killing two and injuring five others
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NewsNew Manchester development gutted by site fire
Investigators are looking into causes of fire on site of new five-storey development in Burnage
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NewsFamily of New York crane collapse victim sues city
Brother's 拢15m claim is first legal action in wake of accident that killed seven
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NewsColas fined 拢90k after two workers killed by overhead powerline
HSE issues warning after contractor pleads guilty to breaching Health and Safety at Work Act
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NewsNew York crane collapse
At least seven people died and 17 were injured after a crane collapsed on a construction site in New York last Saturday.
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NewsCrane collapses prompt school site fears
Safety fears for children at Pimlico school in wake of recent spate of UK crane accidents
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JCB group hit by 拢450k fines after site deaths
Two companies in the group found to have breached safety laws after separate site accidents
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Appeal court upholds 拢260k fine for site death
FJ Chalcroft (Construction) ruled at fault after unsecured rail let worker fall to his death
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NewsNew York crane collapse prompts safety review
Site inspection and procedural review to follow crane collapse that killed six
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Asbestos likely cause of teacher's death
A coroner in North Wales says asbestos in Flintshire's schools was the likely cause of the death of art teacher Renee Blodwen Eden